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World War One- they called it 'the war to end all wars', but it didn't.

'Listen to my story, war started and pushed us out and that's when our misery and homelessness started', the words of Afghanistan's first female rapper, Soosan Firooz. But they echo the story of every young person, in every conflict, in each of the hundred years since WW1.
'I thought wars happen to other people,' wrote an 11 year-old girl in Bosnia,in 1994. We'll meet today's 'other people' - war children who got caught in the crossfire of conflict not of their making.

What do we think when we think of a refugee? Victim or survivor? Friend or outsider? Heroes, like athlete Mo Farah or supermodel Alek Wek, or just normal people, who want to Skype their friends back home, listen to Justin Bieber or Beyonce, get good grades, get married, speak their minds, feel safe?

We hear from writer Zlata, rapper Mohammad, filmmaker Reem, dancer Ishimwa, campaigner Dhibla and student Linda, from Bosnia, Iran, Syria, Rwanda, Somalia, but who are all closer to us than we think.

What's the reality of growing up in a war zone? And how can a diary, a song, a poem or a play change, and even save, a life? These testimonies of war- and peace- will be sound tracked by refugees who took refuge in music: MIA, Mika, Regina Spektor and Rita Ora. We also hear from Celebrating Sanctuary which showcases emerging refugee artists to kick start Refugee Week, Musicians Without Borders, which harnesses the healing power of music for victims of torture, and War Child, who have been making charity rock for the last 20 years by getting bands like Kasabian on board.

This is the second of three documentaries on the subject of war. You can still hear Veterans: From WW1 to Afghanistan on the 麻豆官网首页入口 iPlayer; while MP3 War will be broadcast on Monday 18th August.

War Children was produced by Kirsty McQuire. It was a Sparklab Production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 1.